2007-8-24 09:46
phoenixnew66
英文写作:“中国制造”动了谁的奶酪
What does the Made-in-China brand epitomize?
If the brand only stood for low-end consumer goods two decades ago, what they represent today is far more complicated and extensive in its entire process from production to sales. Just as a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday, globalization has added many international elements to the Made-in-China brand.
The fact that more than 58 percent of Made-in-China products are exported by transnational companies speaks volumes for the real nature of this label.
In the more than 100-fold trade increase between China and the United States in the past 28 years, Made-in-China brands have played an essential role. And both Chinese and American people have benefited from this label.
So it is both unfair and unjustifiable to amplify the safety problems of some Made-in-China food and toys to such a degree to implicate all Chinese-made products.
The contributions Made-in-China brands have made to the country's progress to become one of the world's trade giants in the past three decades are tremendous. It is impossible for the label to have cheated its way to that status.
Comparing the Chinese-made products two decades ago with their current versions, any sensible person should not deny the fact that Made-in-China products have improved a great deal in many ways including quality.
Both the Chinese government and related industrial guilds have paid more attention to the problematic exported products. Just as a senior official from the Ministry of Commerce pointed out, we welcome balanced reports about the recall of unsafe toys and criticism about those problematic products.
These reports and criticisms have alerted Chinese authorities and related departments and enterprises to take action to plug the loopholes and address the quality problems they might have long ignored.
But if such separate incidents were taken advantage of to fan trade protectionism or establish trade barriers against Chinese-made products, it would be both the Chinese people and American people to suffer.
It is natural for trade frictions to arise given the large scale of export and import between China and the United States, but they should never affect the overall strategic trade relations between the two. The best way to iron out frictions is to sit down and talk.
2007-8-28 16:47
ustcmaster
It's not the faults of Made-in-China goods,but the faults of those people who wear colorful spectacles when looking at China's everything in some western countries.